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ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-19 19:13:11
March 18 2010 18:06 GMT
#1
Scenario:

So, I was taking a dump and I forgot my book, so I came up with this scenario to keep me occupied while on the pooper:

If you met someone who had never been exposed to the internet and you only had enough time to tell them the addresses of five websites that they should absolutely know about, what websites would you list?

My personal 5 in order of importance would have to be:

1) Wikipedia
2) Youtube
3) Hulu
4) Facebook
5) Teamliquid

Reasonings:

1) Wikipedia is pretty much the sum of human knowledge. Obvious #1 for me.
2) Youtube is an epic time-sink. So much to see, and new stuff comes out daily. Easy #2.
3) Why ever watch regular T.V. again? I've spent so much time on Hulu and I think they would too.
4) The #1 social networking (yay for buzzwords!) website. Heck, even my grandparents use this thing.
5) Of course TL makes the list. Along with endless starcraft info, this is also where I get most of my general news. Great diversity of people along with excellent moderating keeps things very worldly and enjoyable.


Notes:

I didn't add Google to this list on purpose. I think that while Google is omnipotent and may actually take over the world some day, it is not absolutely essential to know about. There are so many search engines that do just as good of a job.

Conclusion:

So, what do you guys think? What would make your top 5 most important websites? Try to give a bit of reasoning like I did to your picks. Remember, the person has had no contact with the internet before, although you can assume they are smart enough to figure out the websites you are recommending.

RESULUTS!

So I tallied up the results as of page 6. I combined gmail/google as just google and yahoo and hotmail as just yahoo. If someone provided two lists, I discounted the personal list and just tallied the essential list. I also threw away all websites that only had one nomination. Here are the top 10 results:

1) Google - 65
2) Teamliquid - 58
3) Youtube - 56
4) Wikipedia - 42
5) Facebook - 35
6) Yahoo - 10
7) (Tie) Twitter - 5
7) (Tie) Digg - 5
9) (Tie) Hulu - 4
9) (Tie) Reddit - 4
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Too_MuchZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Finland2818 Posts
March 18 2010 18:19 GMT
#2
I only need to recommend one site

1) Google

Why? Little experience you can find any site from the web, no need to give other sites.
Slunk
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany768 Posts
March 18 2010 18:25 GMT
#3
I don't know what are the most important(obviously wikipedia is important, but do you use it on daily basis?), but I will list the sites I use the most:

1) Youtube
2) Blinkx
3) Teamliquid
4) Facebook
5) Google

Very poetic introduction, by the way.
Eti307
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
Canada3442 Posts
March 18 2010 18:28 GMT
#4
I hope that person is american because Hulu is only for the united states
polarwolf
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
924 Posts
March 18 2010 18:29 GMT
#5
you guys forgot to add some porn sites.
bellweather
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States404 Posts
March 18 2010 18:29 GMT
#6
1. Google
2. Gmail
3. Ninjavideo.net (infinitely better than Hulu, check it out)
4. Wiki
5. Youtube/ Facebook/ TL (the best ways to burn clock)
A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isnt' there. -Charles Darwin
tirentu
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1257 Posts
March 18 2010 18:31 GMT
#7
Most important websites?

1) Google (best portal to everything else on the internet)
2) Wikipedia (and all related projects, Wikinews and such)
3) Facebook (essential social network)
4) Twitter (effectively a revolution in information)
5) YouTube (infinite entertainment)

To me...
1) TL
2) Facebook
3) xkcd
4) Sankaku Complex
5) The Onion
Exteray
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1094 Posts
March 18 2010 18:31 GMT
#8
1. Teamliquid
2. Teamliquid
3. Teamliquid
4. Teamliquid
5. http://www.youtube.com/user/nevake
Gao Xi
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Hong Kong5178 Posts
March 18 2010 18:32 GMT
#9
1) TL
2) Youtube
3) Wiki
4) Facebook
5) Animetake
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Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16986 Posts
March 18 2010 18:33 GMT
#10
In no particular order, I'd say wikipedia, facebook, gmail, digg, youtube.
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NeoOmega
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States495 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-18 18:37:38
March 18 2010 18:34 GMT
#11
1) Google
2) Wikipedia
3) Youtube
4) Team Liquid
5) Kotaku
So no fek
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3001 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-18 18:36:10
March 18 2010 18:34 GMT
#12
1) TeamLiquid - I waste hours on this site a day.
2) Fark - Great for wasting hours on other sites.
3) Fetish porn site - I'm not telling which.
4) Iheartchaos - Random news articles and boobies.
5) Streaming/torrent sites - More ways to waste time.

I'm glad I read the actual content of the thread and gave what the OP was asking.

But yeah, obviously Wikipedia, Google, YouTube, and the like would be what you'd recommend to some random person.
#1 Shuttle fan - TeamLiquid CJ Entusman #36 BW4lyfe
Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8097 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-18 18:40:10
March 18 2010 18:39 GMT
#13
TL
wikipedia
youtube
facebook
gmail
Free Palestine
imDerek
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States1944 Posts
March 18 2010 18:40 GMT
#14
Google (this includes Gmail, Docs, etc.)
Facebook
Wikipedia
Youtube (another Google )
Teamliquid
Least favorite progamers: Leta, Zero, Mind, Shine, free, really <-- newly added
adiyo011
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada125 Posts
March 18 2010 18:44 GMT
#15
1. Youtube
2. Soshified
3. Reddit
4. Teamliquid
5. ...? Google I guess
Faronel
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States658 Posts
March 18 2010 18:48 GMT
#16
All you need is Google (or some other appreciable search engine)!

Google is the portal that easily delivers this stuff to you. It's a map of the internet. How else would you find what you're looking for?

Seriously how did you first find Wikipedia (through Google no doubt?).

The same goes for nearly everything else
C'est la vie...
FortuneSyn
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1826 Posts
March 18 2010 18:48 GMT
#17
1) wikipedia for all human knowledge
2) google the gateway to the internet
3) skype for free communication
4) grooveshark for free music
5) youjizz to empty my balls
ThePhan2m
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Norway2750 Posts
March 18 2010 18:53 GMT
#18
one that hasnt been mentioned is answers @ yahoo. I find it useful when searching for simple questions like how to do this/that or how long does stuff hold etc.

bellweather
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States404 Posts
March 18 2010 18:53 GMT
#19
I foresee a best-porn-site discussion in the near future
A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isnt' there. -Charles Darwin
love1another
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1844 Posts
March 18 2010 18:54 GMT
#20
1) TL
"I'm learning more and more that TL isn't the place to go for advice outside of anything you need in college. It's like you guys just make up your own fantasy world shit and post it as if you've done it." - Chill
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